Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, October 2012.Finding aid written in English.
OVERVIEW
Minnesota Historical SocietyMinnesota. State Auditor. Land
Department.Correspondence,
miscellaneous.1881-1909.Materials in English. Letters received by the Land Department from W. E. Culkin,
attorney for the state, regarding swamp land contests; from the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers relating to proposed construction of flowage reservoirs on the Mississippi
River; and from private individuals concerning the survey, sale, and/or lease of
pine, mineral and swamp lands.0.25 cubic feet (5 folders in partial
box). See Detailed Description for shelf
locations.
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Presidential proclamation, 1882, and correspondence relating to the
withdrawal from sale of certain lands tributary to the Mississippi and St.
Croix rivers and subject to overflow by the proposed construction of flowage
reservoirs on the upper Mississippi.